So I am working on a Tron game. I tangles with it before.
The joystick would not move down.
So I popped it open. I found another loose wire. A Little sanding and some flux and the wire is nice and snuggle solid.
I put it back together and now it won't fire.
Really?.
I take it off again check the trigger switch with the meter. I am getting 60 to 15 ohms out of a switch.
I take the switch apart, It a Leaf spring trigger switch. I clean the carbon between the contacts. I get a Nice zero ohm reading now. Who knew carbon was so resistive.
So I recheck the wires tug tug. Wire pop off the leaf spring. Really? It seems that the coating on the leaf spring is peeling off the copper underneath. More sanding and Soldering.
Now all the wires are now tight.
Test the control panel.. Now I can not go to the left.
Funny how carbon build up with play havoc with a leaf spring. 20 to 40 ohm before cleaning zero afterwards.
Now it plays correctly.
While I understand the Build up of carbon. I don't recall solder wires popping off of leaf spring switches. Maybe a bad plating job?
If I have any more issues I am just going to have to replace the leaf switches out a new set.
Has anyone else had wires with solder popping off of leaf spring switches? Was there a bad batch of them?
Just curious.
The joystick would not move down.
So I popped it open. I found another loose wire. A Little sanding and some flux and the wire is nice and snuggle solid.
I put it back together and now it won't fire.
Really?.
I take it off again check the trigger switch with the meter. I am getting 60 to 15 ohms out of a switch.
I take the switch apart, It a Leaf spring trigger switch. I clean the carbon between the contacts. I get a Nice zero ohm reading now. Who knew carbon was so resistive.
So I recheck the wires tug tug. Wire pop off the leaf spring. Really? It seems that the coating on the leaf spring is peeling off the copper underneath. More sanding and Soldering.
Now all the wires are now tight.
Test the control panel.. Now I can not go to the left.
Funny how carbon build up with play havoc with a leaf spring. 20 to 40 ohm before cleaning zero afterwards.
Now it plays correctly.
While I understand the Build up of carbon. I don't recall solder wires popping off of leaf spring switches. Maybe a bad plating job?
If I have any more issues I am just going to have to replace the leaf switches out a new set.
Has anyone else had wires with solder popping off of leaf spring switches? Was there a bad batch of them?
Just curious.

